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A Vietnamese man was sentenced to 15 months in jail in Singapore on Monday for smuggling rhino horn from Angola, the Strait Times reported. Nguyen Vinh Hai, 29, was transiting at Changi Airport last August when eight pieces of rhino horn weighing three kilos were found in his luggage, the report said. He was waiting to fly to Laos, which borders Vietnam. Customs officers, who acted on a tip-off, found the horn wrapped in translucent plastic and aluminum foil. The pieces were cut from three horns from at least two black rhinos, the indictment said. Animal conservationists say rhinos are being poached in Africa every day to meet demand, mostly from China and Vietnam. In 2014, a record 1,215 rhinos were poached in South Africa, said the country's Environmental Ministry. Authorities in Vietnam seized more than 150kg of rhino horn in eight seizures in the first seven months of last year, the U.K. wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC said in a report. Vietnam has strict laws that … [Read more...] about Vietnamese man jailed in Singapore for smuggling rhino horn

Singapore led foreign investors in Ho Chi Minh City in the first months of this year, according to a municipal official at a recent Vietnam-Singapore business forum.
In the three months of 2014, the country’s economic hub granted licences to 71 foreign-invested businesses with total investment capital of nearly 750 million USD, 4.5-fold increase against the same time last year.
The total included nine Singaporean enterprises capitalised at over 200 million USD, comprising 31 percent of the total foreign investment in the city, said Le Manh Ha, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.
Singaporean companies have so far invested in over 667 projects capitalised at nearly 7 billion USD.
Along with existing fields, Singapore investors are interested in technology, which is suitable to the city’s economic restructuring orientation as well as its capacity for skills and human resources, Ha said, adding the city is committed to creating favourable conditions … [Read more...] about Bản in : Singapore leads foreign investment in HCM City

A Vietnamese woman in Singapore was fined more than US$500 at a hearings on Wednesday after being accused of attempting to sell her body after losing money at a casino, Singapore police said.
The woman, identified as Duong Linh Thao, 36, was reported to have propositioned Rames Algasamy, 50, for 200 Singapore dollars ($150) on September 11. But the man is a guard at Marina Bay Sands casino where she was playing and he reported to the police.
Thao was charged under a group of public disorder violations, in which first-time violations carry fines up to 1,000 Singapore dollars ($747).
The gambler entered Singapore using a tourism visa. Singapore Immigration Department sent her back to Vietnam after she paid the fine.
Singapore has legalized prostitution in its infamous red-light district, Geylang, where women of all races, ages and nationalities stand along the road waiting to be purchased by passing men. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese fined in Singapore for attempting to sell sex

Two Vietnamese women are standing trial in Singapore for arranging a scam marriage between a Singaporean man and a Vietnamese woman, according to media reports.
Nguyen Thi Yen, 40, and Le Thi Tra My, 29, are each facing a jail term of up to 10 years plus a fine of up to SGD10,000 (US$7,000) if found guilty under the Immigration Act, Yahoo News reported.
They were found arranging the "marriage of convenience" between 48-year-old Tan Teck Heng and 34-year-old Nguyen Thi Tu, both of whom had been found guilty under the Immigration Act, the report said.
Tan said as taking the stand as a prosecution witness Tuesday that his nephew suggested him to take the marriage deal and he agreed. He said he needed money to pay around $2,000 owed to the nephew.
He said he received a total of $1,150 from the arrangement, which would allow Tu to stay and work for a karaoke parlor in Singapore.
They registered their marriage on March 18, 2013 and Tan was supposed to take Tu to Singapore’s … [Read more...] about 2 Vietnamese stand trial in Singapore for arranging scam marriage: report

Prime Minister Dung arrives in Singapore for ASEAN summit (19-11-2007)
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung makes a speech at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam
SINGAPORE — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Singapore yesterday to attend the 13th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and related meetings. PM Dung participated in the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) yesterday afternoon. Addressing the function, the Vietnamese leader said he appreciated the ASEAN Business Advisory Council's (ABAC) work in hosting the summit, an important event for governments and businesses in the region. He said he believed that the "ASEAN in the heart of dynamic Asia " meeting would find suitable directions and measures for co-operation to help move the group closer to establishing an ASEAN Economic Community. "As an ASEAN member, Viet Nam has actively participated and contributed to ASEAN multi-sided co-operation … [Read more...] about Prime Minister Dung arrives in Singapore for ASEAN summit

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Singapore on yesterday to attend the 13th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and related meetings.
PM Dung participated in the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) on the afternoon of the same day.
Addressing the function, the Vietnamese leader said he appreciated the ASEAN Business Advisory Council's (ABAC) work in hosting the summit, an important event for governments and businesses in the region.
He said he believed that the "ASEAN in the heart of dynamic Asia" meeting will find suitable directions and measures for cooperation to help move the group closer to establishing an ASEAN Economic Community.
As an ASEAN member, Viet Nam has actively participated and contributed to ASEAN multi-sided cooperation fields, including building the ASEAN Economic Community, the PM said.
In the past 12 years, economic, trade and investment cooperation between Viet Nam and other ASEAN members has increased … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Prime Minister Arrives in Singapore for ASEAN Summit

Ministry in talks for foreign loans Hong Phuc By Hong Phuc - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – The Ministry of Finance is now in talks with foreign creditors over 22 credit agreements, and the amount having been tentatively approved in such loan agreements has reached some US$2.6 billion as of now, the ministry said. In a press statement on Monday, the ministry said that the loans are to replenish capital sources used for growth and economic recovery. Besides the agreements under negotiations, the ministry last month also clinched four other agreements to borrow money and receive assistance with a total value of US$253.4 million. The ministry in the January-October period signed 25 agreements with foreign partners worth US$2.37 billion in credits. The ministry also provided updates of results from carrying out the State budget plan, with total revenue in the ten-month period accounting for an estimated 67% of the year’s target. Meanwhile, total State spending was put at … [Read more...] about Ministry in talks for foreign loans

On March 7, 2013, during a congress session, Member of Parliament (MP) Sylvia Lim expressed her concern when Singapore ranked 5th on Transparency International (TI)'s Corruption Perceptions Index in 2012 and the year before. Singapore was rated joint number one in 2010.
"Though we do not want to be obsessed with rankings, has the government studied TI's methodology and examined the reasons why Singapore was recently rated below Denmark, Finland, New Zealand and Sweden?" asked MP Lim.
Having being well-maintained for at least a decade, Singapore's reputation of having a public service low in corruption can make politically sensitive citizens feel itchy when it crumbles even slightly.
Strong political will
While every positive thing the world can think of about Singapore can be related to what the country's founding father Lee Kwan Yew has said and done since his early years of power, being corruption free is, certainly, is not an exception.
Speaking in Parliament in 1979, the then … [Read more...] about Anti-corruption in Singapore: For a happy ending

State President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in Singapore on November 13 for the 17th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
He was welcomed at Changi international airport by Singapore’s Minister of National Development Mah Bow Tan, the Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam, Simon Wong, and the Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore, Nguyen Trung Thanh.
President Nguyen Minh Triet is scheduled to attend the APEC CEO Summit on November 14 and deliver a keynote speech at the discussion session on investment in emerging markets.
Before attending the main activities of the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting, the Vietnamese President will meet with leaders of many major multi-national groups, including Microsoft and Siemens. … [Read more...] about State President arrives in Singapore for APEC summit

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Giau has rejected rumors of raising stakes in local banks for foreigners. "It is just rumors," Giau said.
Currently, foreigners are allowed to hold no more than a 30 per cent stake in local banks; an individual investor is permitted to hold no more than 10 per cent stakes and strategic investors can own at most 15 per cent, and if they want to hold more, they must receive OK from the prime minister.
Late last week, traders speculated that stakes in banks for foreigners could be raised to 49 per cent, which made heavy trade of bank shares valued at VND600 billion, accounting for total trading value of the both bourses. (Vnexpress) … [Read more...] about SBV Governor Denies Raising Stakes in Banks for Foreigners